Broom and brush cutter.



PATENTED JULY 17, 1906.

G. H. PALLADY. BROOM ANDBRUSH CUTTER.

84 14) owl/01 APPLICATION FILED JUNE8,1905.

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BROOM AND BRUSH CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1906.

Application filed June 8, 1905. Serial No.264.288

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. PALLADY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Allerton, in the county of Wayne and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom and Brush Cutters; and I do declare the following to be a full,cle ar, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in.

cuttersfor brooms and brushes; and it consists in certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and durable device of this character by means of which brooms or brushes of various sizes may be quickly and eiiectively trimmed or cut off with rounded ends.

The above and other objects, whichwill appear as the nature of my invention is better understood, are accomplished by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanyin drawings, .in which igure 1 is a perspective view of a broom or brush cutter constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view, on an enlarged scale, of the adjustable curved cutter-blade and its coacting adjustable cutter-block. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional View through the same. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view through the cutter-blade or knife; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the two sections of the cutter-block, showing said sections detached from each other.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes my improved trimmer or cutter for brooms, brushes, and the like, which comprises a suitable frame or support 2, a curved adjustable cutter-block 3, mounted upon one end thereof, and a similarly-curved adjustable cutter or knife 4 to coact with said block. The frame or support 2 comprises a base-board or table 5, supported horizontally upon legs and having upon its top upright side pieces 7 adjacent to the end at which the cutter} block is mounted and at its opposite end a transverse support 8, formed with a central notch or groove 8", adapted to receive the handle of a broom.

The cutter-block 3 and the knife 4 are curved for the purpose of cutting rounded ends or bottoms upon the brooms, and they are made adjustable to adapt them to cut or trim brooms of diflerent widths or sizes. The cutter-block 3 is preferably constructed of two slidably-engaged sections 9 and 10. The section 9is formed with a longitudinallyextending groove 11, which is adapted to re ceive a longitudinally-curved tongue 12, formed upon the section 10. These sections are adapted to be held in an adjusted position by means of a clamping-bolt 13, which is passed through alining openings 14, formed in the section 9, and throu h alongitudinallyextending slot 15, formed in the tongue 12.

This construction is clearly shown in the.

drawings; but it will be understood that any other suitable means may be provided for adj usting the two sections of the cutter-block to receive brooms of different widths.

The curved adjustable knife or cutter blade 4 is composed of two slidably-con nected sections 17 18, which are adjustable' upon each other, as shown at 19, and which are secured upon a transversely-swinging lever 20, pivoted at 21, upon one side of the table 2 and formed with a handle 22. This adjustment of the knife permits the same to adapt itself to the adjustment of the cutterblock, as will be readily understood.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A brush or broom cutter having a laterally-curved cutter-block and acoacting laterally-curved knife.

2. A brush or broom cutter having a 1ongitudinaHy-extensible cutter-block. a knife coacting with the cutter-block.

3. A brush or broom cutter having an ad- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set justable cutter-b1ock, consisting of two slidmy hand in presence of two subscribing witjustably securing said sections together, and

5 ing sections, means for adjusting said sections nesses.

to receive brooms of different widths and a knife coacting with the cutter-block. I GEORGE PALLADY' 4. A brush or broom cutter having a cutter- Witnesses block consisting of two longitudinally-curved M. J. MoOLoUeI-IAN, 1 0 and slidably-engaged sections, means for ad- LILLIE G. PALLADY. 

